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Jacobus Johannes du Plessis was a prominent South African singer-songwriter and poet, colloquially known as Koos Doep. Although he received critical acclaim for much of his work, he became best known for the runaway success of a rendition of his song "Kinders van die Wind" by Laurika Rauch. Koos du Plessis was born in Rustenburg. He was the oldest of 5 children, and grew up in the mining town of Springs. After school, he attended the University of Pretoria, and the University of the Witwatersrand, majoring in Afrikaans-Nederlands. At university he met his future wife, Mornay. The couple had three daughters, Irma, Karien and Karla. Koos would eventually write a song for each of these four women in his life. Koos worked as journalist and editor for several Afrikaans publications. He died in a motorcar accident close to Krugersdorp during the early morning hours of 15 January 1984. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_du...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)
